Backstage : Stories of a writing life

Backstage : Stories of a writing lifeAuthor: Donna Leon Literary essays Published on 5 February 2026 by Cornerstone (Penguin (Cornerstone)) in the United Kingdom. Paperback 224 pages 196 x 129 x 17 162g Donna Leon has created a beautifully crafted looking glass into her world. TLSTo read her is to restore the soul. THE TIMESLeon writes with great literary panache and evocative power. SPECTATORWhether walking along the canals of Venice or teaching English to Iranian pilots, interviewing

Published on 1 September 2023 by Bradt Travel Guides in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Bradt Travel Guides (Slow Travel series)' series

under bridges and on strangers' floors

' Abi Elphinstone

But will Pia ever get a pet of her very own

How can he write essays

Published on 28 September 2023 by Harpercollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom

But then their new lodger Kate arrives

Holland has both in spades' The TimesRenowned World War Two historian James Holland presents an entirely new perspective on one of the most important moments in recent history

This pocket-sized travel guide to Crete is a convenient

Survive a bear attack

the face under that helmet is that of Wilfred Owen

he shows how a small group helped shape medieval Britain while simultaneously fighting in the name of the Christian Middle East